About this episode

This episode features Greg Hampikian discussing his unique background as a sewer connoisseur and its impact on biological evidence testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greg Hampikian is known for a lot of things — my radio show co-host, founder of the Idaho Innocence Project, public speaker, and “American biologist,” according to Wikipedia. But in this week’s episode of Radio Boise’s Do Good Conversation, we dive into a side of Greg most people have never heard about: his unexpected history as a sewer connoisseur of sorts. Tune in to hear how one very obscure fascination helped shape the way biological evidence is tested inside what he affectionately calls the “sewage-ome” — or the “Mega Colon” — our sewer systems, and the surprising role it played in understanding disease spread during the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic.

People in this episode

Host: Radio Boise

Guest: Greg Hampikian

Topics covered

• biological evidence
• sewer systems
• disease spread
• COVID-19
• public speaking
• Idaho Innocence Project

Keywords

• Greg Hampikian
• sewer connoisseur
• biological evidence
• COVID-19
• Idaho Innocence Project
• disease spread
• sewage-ome

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Idaho Innocence Project

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